More to come...

Come back later to learn more about tresspassing, stealing, public urination (and defecation), the drug selling and drug use...and Alliance's role in all of this.

Hours Later the Abandoned Recycling Bin Remains...

I guess the Alliance customer changed his mind about retrieving "his" recycling bin.

Two More Customers Abandoning a Recycling Bin...

These two customers were caught transfering bottles and cans to a shopping cart (Alliance is kitty corner, to the left). Having broken a few bottles on the ground, the one man was trying to clean up the glass (but probably only because he was being watched). Then when they were asked not to leave the bin, the one man simply wheeled it around the corner and left it there (claiming he was going to pick it up later).

Here's an Alliance Customer Transfering Bottles and Cans then Abandoning the Recycling Bin...

These pictures were taken on a non-recycling day. Jay, the owner of Alliance Metals, claims that he cannot legally collect these bins. I wonder, who would complain if he did? I know the neighborhood would be appreciative. BTW, did you notice the trash left on the ground?

Alliance also Uses these Stolen Shopping Carts...

Alliance also shares these stolen carts with their customers. Cars drive up and get a shopping cart from Alliance to load their bottles and cans. Other customers transfer bottles and cans from stolen recycling bins to these shopping carts...then abandon the recycling bins. Why does Alliance feel they can use these stolen shopping carts? Why doesn't Alliance collect stolen and abandoned recycling bins left on the streets around their facility?

Unlucky Residents Living Around the Corner from Alliance...

Tough luck is right. One abandoned shopping cart. Two abandoned garbage bins. You can see Alliance in the upper left corner. These residents regularly find these "presents" from Alliance's customers.

How Bad is the Shopping Cart Problem?...

Alliance collects hundreds of these stolen shopping carts daily/weekly. Stolen from nearby businesses and some from businesses a surprising distance further away. Alliance will collect these carts abandoned on their facility but if their customers abandons a cart in a park or in front of your home...tough luck.

Here's a Car Trying to Avoid an Alliance Customer...

Another Alliance Customer Blocking Traffic...

Again, I think it is amazing that there hasn't been an accident as drivers are forced to constantly negotiate the army of shopping-cart (push-cart) recyclers around the streets of Alliance.

Abandoned Shopping Carts Also Add to the Problem...

This is Fitzgerald and Union Plaza park across from Alliance (see Alliance in the background of the middle photo). These two parks have become an open trash pit complements of Alliance's customers. Alliance's gift to the neighborhood. More on this later...

Abandoned Recycling Bins Blight the Neighborhood...

Sometimes entire contents of recycling bins (and garbage bins) are dumped and left on the streets and sidewalks so that these now empty bins can be used by Alliance's customer. Neighbors regularly report that their bins have been stolen and have to call Waste Management for replacement bins. Oddly enough, these same bins end up abandoned all throughout the neighbor.

Weekly Raiding of Recycling Bins..

Alliance's customers (with a sense of entitlement) rumage through the recycling bins of the local residents, stealing bottles and cans...that could provide a source of revenue for our struggling city budgets. Items not deemed valuable by Alliance's customers are often times left on the ground, littering the streets and the front yards of our homes.

An Endless Parade of Stolen Shopping Carts...

Alliance's customers wheel stolen shopping carts down the middle of streets, blocking traffic and creating hazardous conditions as cars are forced to drive around them...often times against traffic. It boggles my mind that there hasn't (yet) been any serious accidents.

The Issues with Alliance Metals are Many...

Alliance Metals is (and has been for years) a magnetic for all sorts of illegal activity that seriously and negatively impacts the quality of life for the many residents who live around it's facility. Read more on this blog to find out the sad details of a struggling neighborhood and an unresponsive business owner...

Dogtown Deserves a Better Neighbor...

This is a new blog dedicated to Dogtown neighbors who want Alliance Metals (at the corner of Peralta and 34th streets) to be a better neighbor. Please feel free to post your thoughts, suggestions and photos.

Share your comments/concerns by emailing: ABetterAlliance@yahoo.com

Alliance Metals is located at: 3426 Peralta Street, Oakland
Phone number: 510.547.2408
Owner: Jay Anast (arecycle@pacbell.net)